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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Westmorland and Furness Council. Covers the former Barrow-in-Furness, Eden and South Lakeland council areas.Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Westmorland and Furness website
0 approved · 0 refused · 2,305 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jun 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ELMSFIELD HOUSE, HOLME
Received 26 Oct 2001High Mansriggs Farm, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PY
Received 1 Jun 2020WELL BANK, MILL HILL, BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6UR
Received 28 Mar 2006Field near Blencarn Blencarn Penrith
Received 30 Apr 202617 Parkside Drive, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BU
Received 18 May 2018Land rear of Honey House Crackenthorpe Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6AF
Received 14 Nov 2024SITE AT PEA FOOT, ADJ TO RIVER BEND, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QE
Received 21 Oct 2015THE OFFICE, MARDALE ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9EH
Received 12 Aug 2004GRAYTHWAITE LODGE, FERNHILL ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JD
Received 19 May 2005LAND ADJ. THE ORCHARD, NATLAND, LA9 7QQ
Received 17 Mar 2006Wood End Farm, Low Biggins, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2DH
Received 8 Jan 2021Wragmire Head Cotehill CARLISLE CA4 0DB
Received 10 Jan 2025Watersmeet, Kentrigg, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 6EE
Received 24 Feb 20167 Robraine, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DF
Received 28 Sept 2022Romleigh, Romney Road, KENDAL, LA9 5QR
Received 27 May 2021SIDEWAY BANK, KINGS MEABURN, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA10 3DD
Received 17 Feb 2012The Miles Thompson, Allhallows Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4JH
Received 26 Nov 2021Main Line Industrial Estate - Units L and N Crooklands Road MILNTHORPE LA7 7LR
Received 15 Sept 20261 High Gable 8 Grange Fell Road Grange-over-sands Cumbria LA11 6BJ
Received 29 May 2024Dallam Barn, Haverflatts Lane, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DG
Received 6 Mar 2017Sundown Heversham MILNTHORPE LA7 7EQ
Received 3 Feb 2025High Mill Factory Lane The Butts Alston CA9 3HS
Received 6 Mar 2025Haggswood Haggs Lane Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6HD
Received 16 Dec 2025HSBC, 64 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4TF
Received 20 Jul 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Westmorland and Furness Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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